Originally Posted by Swiss
What do you do?
So this doesn't turn into some economic projection there are no hard numbers involved, just know you don't have enough to buy out the WWE.
Here's what I'd do.
Before hiring any talent I would go about buying all the content from defunct companies not already owned by the WWE. I'd also buy the vast majority of highlight videos from indie wrestlers.
Next I'd purchase 5 small venues. One in Canada, Mexico, California, Georgia, and Missouri. I'd keep the current staffs on hands to run them as usual.
Then I'd purchase 3-4 wrestling schools. Triple their funding and start developing unknown talent.
Next I would purchase: CZW, ROH, Dragon Gate, NOAH, and their complete libraries. I'd allow them each to continue running as usual for the next year. Then, I'd open up an online streaming service and market the hell out of it.
Next I'd try to get million dollar contracts with as many 90s big names as possible for on-air personalities and creative. I'd personally want Steve Austin, Raven, Nash, Bret Hart, and Taz involved, but not as active wrestlers. At this point I'd start the World Series of Wrestling across all my companies, and pay all the indie promoters to co-sponsor events. All of this would be compiled together as a free 2 hour online show leading up to a giant event at a large stadium. I'd be losing tons and tons of cash for this and giving away tickets just to pack it. The show is just an excuse to launch the conpany after setting the foundation.
The event itself would lose tons of money, but be an advertisement for the streaming service, and introduction for the new company. Weekly episodes would follow spending 60 days in each of the five venues.
Company would be 90% new talent and 10% WWE and TNA rejects getting rotated in and out to put over the young guys. 6 online PPVs a year. Each show would be free with commercials or commercial free for subscribers. I wouldn't dismantle the smaller companies, but I'd use them like NXT.
After getting established I'd focus on poaching WWE talent where applicable. However, I'd avoid being a TNA clone by not putting the title on any of them after pulling them in. The strategy would be to push "homegrown", but give them the kind of freedom wrestlers had in the 90s. Plus I'd beat the WWE in pay, merchandise, and benefits.
Long term goals would be Netflix/Hulu deal with 9 episode seasons, and large stadium PPVs, and video-game franchise. Also maybe killing the McMahon family. With assassins.
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